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Tariffs are mostly idiotic, but India SHOULD be punished for Russian oil trade
Tariffs are meant to protect industries, not coerce geopolitics, and they are paid by the domestic consumer. But incredibly, Trump has some high ground…
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Trump's Ukraine sellout now in overdrive
Or is it, actually, the Art of the Deal? On the table is eastern Ukraine-for-peace. But even if Putin suffices with that, it's not so clear that…
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Israel extends war, walking into another Hamas trap
Almost unnoticed is the emerging global consensus that Hamas must be disarmed
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Mike Johnson's Excellent Adventure
MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS: House Speaker supports West Bank settlements; Israel threatens total war in Gaza; and a debate on the merits…
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Remembering Ion Iliescu
Careful architect of Romanian democracy - or a scheming, cynical mass murderer? Possibly both, I fear - and we may never fully know. So it often goes in…
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Belgium blinks on Israeli war crimes case
CHRIS STEPHEN REPORTS: War crimes justice and universal jurisdiction are under the microscope after Tomorrowland showdown
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An Idiot’s Guide to Not Shooting the Messenger
A public service for the leader who does not know that blaming the mirror never made anyone prettier
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The Arabs Have Just Done Something Hugely Important
Their call on Hamas to disarm may finally enable an endgame in Gaza
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Recognizing a Palestinian state now would actually delay one
France and the United Kingdom risk reviving Hamas and hardening Israeli resistance to any future deal
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There is no Islamic takeover of Europe. But there IS a need to protect liberalism.
There is NO need to allow radical Islamism to fester unchallenged under the very freedoms meant to preserve open society.
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Isolate Myanmar
The world tolerates dictators when they wield economic or military power. Myanmar has neither - a tyranny we can punish. A job for Macron?
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As world burns, Trump tilts at windmills
WEEKEND BRIEFING: Gaza hunger, Afghan crisis, abortion uproar and more
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